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| Date: | 03 29 1958 |
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| Description: | A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa... |
| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model trail layou... |
| Date: | 09 20 1950 |
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| Description: | Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model train layou... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (CN&W) tracks between Brearly and Ingersoll Streets. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Chicago and North Western Railroad (CN&W) tracks between Brearly and Ingersoll Streets. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of Wonewoc showing central businesses and a railroad. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of town, showing a major industrial area. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the United Packinghouse Workers Local 80 picketing the Campbell Soup Company plant. The union had walked out as a result of wage, union shop, an... |
| Date: | 03 02 1956 |
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| Description: | A seamless pipe fitting sits atop a railroad car, ready to be shipped. Later purchased and used by Elmes & Kings. Original Falk caption reads: "14' high-78... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Several men are loading boxes and pallets from International Harvester's Tractor Works onto a train. |
| Date: | 03 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Walter S. Alcumbrac, Madison superintendent of the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, (right) receives a plaque for the bes... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man drives an International L-180 truck outfitted with a North American Van Lines Inc. trailer down a road next to a railroad track. Train cars, a buildi... |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Display illustrating the Highway Department's plan for separating highway traffic on Highways 13 and 14 (the Oregon Road) and Highway 12 (the new South Mad... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An original color lithograph featuring a side profile view of The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha engine and one additional car. Below the image is written: "Built... |
| Date: | 01 25 1951 |
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| Description: | Crates of oranges, some damaged, are stacked in a storage area after being unloaded from an Illinois Central Railroad car. |
| Date: | 11 29 1951 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the David & Florence Bade residence at 5701 Winnequah Road in Frost Woods, Monona. The photograph shows Jimmy's (age 8) bedroom, including... |
| Date: | 03 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Three men are shown with two awards commemorating North Western railroad safety. P.E. Feucht, executive vice-president (center), presented the Madison divi... |
| Date: | 05 16 1952 |
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| Description: | William "Bill" Hellman, chef on the Northwestern Railroad's Madison-Chicago passenger run, on the train as he is preparing his last meal for the railroad a... |
| Date: | 09 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the guests of honor at the annual fall luncheon of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Woman's Club. The guests of honor were eleven ch... |
| Date: | 03 1952 |
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| Description: | Locomotive Engine No. 1363 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
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